PRIMOZ ROGLIC KEPT his lead in the Tour de France today with just two stages remaining as Denmark’s Soren Kragh Andersen soloed to victory on stage 19.
Sam Bennett inched further ahead in the struggle for the green jersey by beating rival Peter Sagan, who failed in two bids to leave the Irishman behind.
Roglic retains a 57-secong lead over his Slovenian compatriot Tadej Pogacar, while Colombia’s Miguel Angel Lopez is third, one minute and 26 seconds behind the leader.
After three days ascending Alpine mountains, this stage had been described as an easy day for the overall contenders, and so it proved.
This was not the case for Deceuninck-Quick Step sprinter Bennett, however, who fended off the seven-time green jersey Sagan in their close-run contest over the remaining sprint points.
Sagan made a bid for glory from 20km out but Bennett was able to keep up as an escape group formed, from which Andersen then launched his lightning strike from six kilometres out.
The peloton behind them slowed to a snail’s pace as many of the lesser riders realised their contribution to this Tour was essentially over due to the nature of the final two stages.
An individual time-trial on Saturday will see Roglic and his rivals for the yellow jersey race solo over 36km.
The Tour de France then culminates in a kind of parade into Paris before a sprint around the Champs Elysees where Roglic looks likely to take the 2020 Tour title.
Good appointments in both football & hurling.We will be hoping for steady improvement in both codes in 2016.
Good job it was Cian O’Neil who got the job so…..anyway he’s a very highly thought of coach, seen his work personally during time at UL so def think this is a good step in right direction for Kildare, and the mighty Joe Quaid, what a man! best of luck to him, hopefully does good work up dere, from all in Limerick!!
Glen hasn’t had the best track record in county management to be fair and Cian O’Neill has a great CV….. politics prob did play a part but we now have one of the best coaches in the GAA. Hopefully he will get the younger players primed for the championship.
Best of luck Cian O Neill, on wards and upwards.. There is some talent there, it would be great to see it brought on. I cant see anyone getting near Dublin, but Kildare should be a Division 1 Team and in the top 6 or 8 in the Country.
Hurling appointment is great ..but Cian o sullivan should only be a selector at best with the manager been Glen Ryan ..POLITICS
Cian O’Sullivan?
the truth is out there now after the county board meeting last night ..well done to a certain few gentlemen who had the balls to challenge the selection committee ..but the rest of the delegates were afraid to go with the overwhelming support for Glen Ryan and his back room staff of legends ..Sad day for Kildare gaelic football team ..That county board is rotten to the core